In another great game that was decided at the last minute, La Unión beat GEPU 77-72 after trailing for much of the game. He cooked up an impossible and rose to La Liga Argentina.
This Saturday, GEPU fell to La Unión de Colón 77-72 at “Emilio Perazzo”, in a match that defined promotion to the Argentine Basketball League. Despite winning the first half by 37-26, “Lobo” could not hold the advantage and fell at home to La Unión de Colón, which turned history around in the end and finalized promotion.
After the agonizing fall on Friday night, Gustavo Fernández’s team showed an improvement in defense and greater effectiveness in attack, which was reflected in the game and allowed them to take a double-digit lead in the third quarter. But towards the end of the match, La Unión de Colón turned the result around and, in front of a packed stadium, won a surprising and unexpected victory.
With 1:47 to go, the locals were ahead by four, but a triple from the visit narrowed the margin and, after a loss by GEPU, a volley by Germán Frencia allowed La Unión to take command. After the timeout, GEPU committed another loss and a bombshell by Díaz from the corner began to sentence a story that was finally defined from the free throw line.
Germán Frencia was the great figure of the winner with 20 points and 11 rebounds, escorted by Giménez’s 19 and Lavoratornuovo’s 18. Between the three they scored 57 of the 77 of their team. Hans Feder Ponce stood out at the venue, with 18 points, followed by Gustavo Acosta’s 17 and Juan Segundo Menna’s 15.
Final and feat for La Unión, which arrived in San Luis with the series down 0-1 after a hard fall in Colón. But he did not give up, he won two close games as a visitor on consecutive days and turned history around to become champion of the Northern Conference and fasten his promotion to La Liga Argentina.
Although the great National Final still remains, against Pico Foot-Ball Club, the champion of the Southern Conference. It will begin on June 28 in Colón, to later move to La Pampa, where the second and third games will be played on July 1 and 2.
A separate paragraph for the public that filled the stadium in San Luis, celebrated a true party of the third category, applauded the great season of his team and was respectful of the winner.
The Union champion of the Northern Conference!
Source: GEPU Press of San Luis
